tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318055043707993918.post1233857406871423370..comments2018-02-16T07:13:53.253-05:00Comments on THE WANDERING TAX PRO: RIGHT ON!Robert D Flachhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06034127763662917220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6318055043707993918.post-30867642126411461732009-01-16T21:43:00.000-05:002009-01-16T21:43:00.000-05:00Any other problems with the EITC aside, my complai...Any other problems with the EITC aside, my complaint about it is that it is unfairly age-discriminatory -- single people must be at least age 25 to qualify, even if they met the income requirements at an earlier age. <BR/><BR/>If a person no longer qualifies to be claimed as a dependent by someone else (which would still keep parent-supported college students from getting it), they should be equally EITC-eligible, regardless of whether they are age 19, 24, 25, 45, whatever. <BR/><BR/>An independent single 24-year-old who earns $10,000 this year is not any less poor than an independent single 25-year-old who earns $10,000 this year.<BR/><BR/>As long as the EITC continues to exist, this ought to be fixed.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com